Quotes About Advocacy

I think dad would be very proud of young people standing up to promote truth, justice and equality.

I am not a spokesperson for the trans community, I am not. The media kind of projects me as being the spokesperson, but from my standpoint, I am not. I am a spokesperson for my story, and that's all I can tell.

You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.

From a personal standpoint I really like that Bernie Sanders is making so much noise.

Kanye is the leading eagle: he's like the president who stands up for kids like us who have ideas.

Katie Otto goes after stuff she doesn't feel is right, and she stands up for it. I do that too, just kind of in a slightly kinder way because I'm from the South.

I think Jane Fonda is to be admired for her stands.

It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes.

Rauner stands silent as Trump assaults our basic rights.

As a company, I'm proud that Nike takes a stand on issues that impact all of us, our athletes, and society as a whole. And I am proud that Nike stands against discrimination in any form. We stand against bigotry. We stand for racial justice. We firmly believe the world can improve.

I'm so proud to stand with the LGBT Caucus and speak out in support of Hillary Clinton, because we know she stands with us.

Football clubs can be quite homophobic, both in the dressing room and in the stands. I want to show I'm an ally.

We need a principled foreign policy that consistently and resolutely stands up for freedom.

San Francisco is a place that stands up for our LGBTQ communities.

Kids have to understand that they have control. Not their parents, not the principal, not the president of the U.S. It starts with them and it ends with them. To end this epidemic of bullying they have to standup for one another.

My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it.

My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

Black women must challenge black men to live up to their best in every arena of the culture - at job, at home, in school and in religious arenas.

I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something. Otherwise, you will never get anywhere.

When I said I was born a feminist, I was born thinking woman are equal to men, if not stronger than men. That's the way I always was.

My son, Emilio Huerta, is running for congress. He was a young man who was marching and picketing.

I think women should always be respected. I'm not going to stand on the corner with a picket sign, but I'm going to support my ladies all the way. But I also understand the views of men as well.

With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed.

Did I follow Truth wherever she led, And stand against the whole world for a cause, And uphold the weak against the strong? If I did I would be remembered among men.